Re: 'console-tools' cannot find console
On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 09:31:05AM -0800, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
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> On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Ben Collins wrote:
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> > On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 08:19:27AM -0800, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
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> > > `Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console'
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> > > I get this message every time I boot my Sparc. Now 'console-tools' is
> > > erroring when dpkg tries to install it. What sould I look for?
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> > > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 5, 1 Dec 11 18:36 /dev/console
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> > > I have my /dev/console set up for 2.2.x kernels, and it seems to work
> > > perfectly fine.
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> > IMO, it is a bug in console-tools, but I can't pinpoint the problem.
> > Should file a bug on that package marked "important" for severity.
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> Would it matter that my console is on ttya?
No, because mine isn't, yet I have the same problem.
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